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By Alexander Smith Team New Zealand celebrate winning the final race as they claim the 37th America's Cup. Photo: America's Cup/ Ricardo Pinto No sooner had New Zealand crossed the finish line to win the 37th America's Cup off Barcelona at the weekend than the focus moved to what the next one will look like The beaten British, who had not competed in the final for some 60 years and have never won the event, immediately handed New Zealand a notice to become the "challenger of record", meaning they will now negotiate key aspects of the 38th America's Cup. Grant Dalton, an America's Cup veteran who has now led what some say is the "complete team" to three consecutive wins, joked when accepting the trophy that the last time he did so he was back at his desk the next morning plotting the ...

Photo: Facebook Dunedin Airport has gone viral and made global headlines after introducing a three minute time limit on hugs. The time limit in the airport's free drop-off zone was about improving traffic flow and safety around the terminal. Anyone wanting a longer farewell would have to find a spot in the carpark. Dunedin Airport chief executive Dan De Bono spoke to RNZ's Checkpoint programme earlier this month and confessed he was "a hugger". They were trying to have a bit of fun with the announcement, he said. "It's caused quite a stir, we've got quite a bit of conversation going." CNN included it in its weekly travel newsletter under the headline "Catch flights, not feelings". The New York Post went with the "inhumane" angle, while the Times of India said the "quirky rule" had "spar...

By Lilit Narcus of CNN Passengers disembark after landing at the Paro International Airport in Bhutan. File pic Photo: AFP / Christian Kober There's a Buddha in the cockpit. The orange-robed icon looks on as the pilot speedily executes a dramatic last-minute turn to land the A319 on the slender runway. A dozen passengers, some of whom have spent the last few minutes white-knuckling the seat armrests, break out into applause. That's just another normal working day at Bhutan's Paro International Airport (PBH), widely considered one of the most technically difficult plane landings in the world. Manoeuvring onto a short runway between two 18,000-foot peaks requires both technical knowledge and nerves of steel. The airport and its challenging conditions have only added to the mystique su...

By Steve Contorno, CNN Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump works the drive-through line as he visits a McDonald's restaurant. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP Donald Trump is pulling one of the most iconic American companies - McDonald's - into the political arena in the final days of his third White House bid. The former president stopped by one of the fast-food chain's Pennsylvania franchises during his Monday swing through the Keystone State, where he swapped his suit jacket for an apron to work as a fry attendant. He later handed customers food through the drive-thru window, telling them he had made it himself and that it was all on him. Manning the fry machine is the same job Vice President Kamala Harris has said she held as a young woman, a biographical detail revea...

By Issy Ronald, CNN Photo: ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy has announced that he has terminal cancer and that doctors have given him two to four years to live. The 48-year-old former cyclist, who is one of Britain's most successful and recognizable Olympians, shared his diagnosis with The Sunday Times newspaper, saying that he initially went to the hospital last September after feeling some pain in his shoulder. A scan found a tumour there, before a second scan found primary cancer in his prostate which had spread to his bones. The scans found tumours in his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and rib. "As unnatural as it feels, this is nature. You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process," he told The Sunday Times. "Hand on heart,...

By Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an attendee of his America PAC event aimed at rallying supporters behind presidential candidate rump. Photo: AFP Musk awards first US$1 million (NZ$1.65m) to event attendee He has given $75 million to America PAC to support Trump America PAC is helping to mobilise, register voters Billionaire Elon Musk promised to give away $1 million each day until November's election to someone who signs his online petition, with the first prize awarded at a PAC event supporting Republican Donald Trump, raising questions about the legality of the payments. Musk gave a $1 million (NZ$1.65m) check to an attendee of his America PAC event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, aimed at rallying supporters behind presidential candidate Trump. T...